Please Note

The Surgery will be closed from 1.30pm on Wednesday 7th March 2012. This is for Doctors and Staff Development Training.

 

SEASONAL FLU VACCINATION

Appointments are  only available to eligible patients (for full details of eligible groups and clinic arrangements please see "Seasonal Flu Vaccination" under Further Information below.  If you are unsure if you fall into one of these groups you may contact us and we will check with a doctor and get back to you.

Appointments are for flu vaccination only. Please make a separate appointment if you wish to discuss any other health matters.

The appointment line (586829) for requesting flu vaccination appointment is nw open.

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Cold or Flu

 

Resources

Colds & Flu
A factsheet on the causes, symptoms, treatment & prevention of colds & the flu

NHS Choices - is it the common cold or the flu?
Colds and flu can share some of the same symptoms (sneezing, coughing, sore throat) but are caused by different viruses, and flu can be much more serious.  Find out more.


Seasonal Flu Vaccination

Influenza – flu – is a highly infectious and potentially serious illness caused by influenza viruses.  Each year the make-up of the seasonal flu vaccine is designed to protect against the influenza viruses that the World Healflujabsth Organization decide are most likely to be circulating in the coming winter.

Regular immunisation (vaccination) is given free of charge to the following at-risk people, to protect them from seasonal flu:

  • people aged 65 or over,
  • people with a serious medical condition
  • if you are pregnant
  • people living in a residential or nursing home
  • the main carers for an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer becomes ill
  • healthcare or social care professionals directly involved in patient care


Resources

For more information on flu immunisation, including background information on the vaccine and how you can get the jab, see Seasonal flu jab.

HPA - Season Flu Guide

RCGP & RPS Joint Statement on Flu Vaccines

Seasonal Flu guide


These links all come from trusted resources but if you are unsure about these or any other medical matters please contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
 
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